Synonyms of switched

switched

verb

past tense of switch

1

as in swapped

to give up (something) and take something else in return

switched the real grapes for fake ones

switched the day of his flight from Thursday to Friday

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swapped
• exchanged
• traded
• substituted
• changed
• replaced
• shifted
• commuted
• superseded
• interchanged
• displaced
• ceded
• surrendered
• yielded
• handed over
• reciprocated

2

as in flicked

to move from side to side or up and down with quick jerky motions

cows lazily switching their tails and chewing their cud

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flicked
• swung
• flapped
• twitched
• jerked
• swished
• bobbed
• waggled
• swayed
• wagged
• waved
• oscillated
• wavered
• fluttered
• rocked
• flickered
• shook
• whipped
• flopped
• lashed
• flailed
• wiggled
• jolted
• nodded
• jiggled
• jogged
• beat
• jigged
• joggled

3

as in whipped

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

switched the stagecoach horses to control the direction they took

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whipped
• flicked
• slashed
• lashed
• hided
• knocked
• slapped
• hit
• cut
• thrashed
• flailed
• licked
• punched
• spanked
• whaled
• flagellated
• smacked
• flogged
• clipped
• swiped
• batted
• tanned
• banged
• leathered
• horsewhipped
• whacked
• strapped
• scourged
• pounded
• mauled
• rawhided
• cowhided
• birched
• clapped
• thumped
• boxed
• swatted
• beat
• caned
• knouted
• quirted
• cracked
• touched up
• pelted
• socked
• cudgelled
• clobbered
• clubbed
• pasted
• bopped
• bashed
• slugged
• hammered
• slated
• busted
• pummeled
• thwacked
• bunged
• battered
• mangled
• laced
• lambasted
• worked over
• paddled
• lathered
• buffeted
• pummelled
• cuffed
• blackjacked
• roughed
• walloped
• cudgeled
• bludgeoned
• smote
• belted
• clouted
• fustigated
• slogged
• fibbed
• tromped
• drubbed
• clapt
• basted
• pommelled
• whapped
• whupped
• belabored
• lammed
• pommeled
• threshed
• pistol-whipped
• bust
• whopped

4

as in reversed

to change (as an opinion) to the contrary

a politician who has switched his position on a number of issues

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reversed
• overturned
• revoked
• reverted
• struck down
• abrogated
• rescinded
• annulled
• repealed
• countermanded
• backtracked
• about-faced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• maintained
• supported
• upheld

5

as in licked

to strike repeatedly

the loose rigging switched the mast during the storm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licked
• lashed
• pounded
• whipped
• attacked
• knocked
• did
• slapped
• pelted
• hit
• slammed
• beat
• batted
• thumped
• punched
• hided
• smashed
• battered
• chopped
• spanked
• assaulted
• bashed
• hammered
• raided
• pummeled
• slated
• smacked
• whacked
• laced
• lambasted
• swiped
• mauled
• thrashed
• lathered
• boxed
• punched out
• pummelled
• worked over
• paddled
• buffeted
• clubbed
• curried
• bludgeoned
• walloped
• belted
• stormed
• slogged
• fibbed
• tromped
• flogged
• pommelled
• whapped
• tanned
• basted
• whupped
• cracked
• pommeled
• rushed
• belabored
• whaled
• drubbed
• threshed
• roughed (up)
• messed (up)
• strapped
• birched
• pasted
• wounded
• swatted
• clobbered
• bunged up
• assailed
• laid on
• whopped
• socked
• beat up on
• descended (on or upon)
• busted
• jumped (on)
• cuffed
• beset
• thwacked
• cudgelled
• clouted
• pounced (on or upon)
• whomped
• whammed
• flagellated
• cudgeled
• caned
• mangled
• blackjacked
• lammed
• horsewhipped
• lacerated
• scourged
• bust
• mutilated
• fustigated
• rawhided
• cowhided
• leathered
• gored
• pistol-whipped
• maimed